AI models comparison
30 major models, from the US to China through Europe. Powerful filters, adaptive view by your level, side-by-side comparison.
🏆 The AI Podium
Official ranking · June 2026
Generalists
Best all-rounders
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Claude Mythos PreviewRestricted
Anthropic·79/100·$20/$100
Claude Mythos Preview stands out thanks to very recent release. Overall score: 78.77/100.
2
GPT-5.5
OpenAI·74/100·$5/$30
GPT-5.5 stands out thanks to outstanding MMLU score (93). Overall score: 74.3/100.
3
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI·74/100·$0.95/$4MIT
Kimi K2.6 stands out thanks to strong reasoning (GPQA 91). Overall score: 74.1/100.
Code Specialists
SWE-bench + HumanEval
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Claude Mythos PreviewRestricted
Anthropic·88/100·$20/$100
Claude Mythos Preview stands out thanks to very recent release, HumanEval 98%. Overall score: 87.85/100.
2
GPT-5.5
OpenAI·84/100·$5/$30
GPT-5.5 stands out thanks to HumanEval 96%, very recent release. Overall score: 83.65/100.
3
Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic·82/100·$5/$25
Claude Opus 4.7 stands out thanks to HumanEval 97%, top SWE-bench (88%). Overall score: 81.75/100.
Open Source
Self-hostable, free license
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Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI·78/100·$0.2/$0.6apache-2
Mistral Small 3 stands out thanks to truly free Apache/MIT license, self-hostable without cluster. Overall score: 78/100.
2
Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI·71/100·$0.95/$4MIT
Kimi K2.6 stands out thanks to truly free Apache/MIT license. Overall score: 70.93/100.
3
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek·71/100·$0.3/$1MIT
DeepSeek V3.2 stands out thanks to truly free Apache/MIT license. Overall score: 70.75/100.
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| Model | Origin | Specialty | Context | Price | Arena Elo | French | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic | 🇺🇸 United States | 🔬 Reasoning | 1M | $5.00 $/M | 1490 | ★★★★★ | FreeRGPD | |
o3 OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🔬 Reasoning | 200K | $2.00 $/M | 1410 | ★★★★☆ | RGPD | |
GPT-5 OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 400K | $1.25 $/M | 1395 | ★★★★☆ | FreeRGPD | |
Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 🇺🇸 United States | 🔬 Reasoning | 500K | $5.00 $/M | 1390 | ★★★★★ | FreeRGPD | |
Gemini 3 Pro Google | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎯 Multimodal | 2M | $1.25 $/M | 1380 | ★★★★☆ | FreeRGPD | |
DeepSeek R2 DeepSeek | 🇨🇳 China | 🔬 Reasoning | 128K | $0.55 $/M | 1370 | ★★★☆☆ | OSSFree | |
Grok 4 xAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 256K | $5.00 $/M | 1360 | ★★★☆☆ | ||
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 200K | $3.00 $/M | 1352 | ★★★★★ | FreeRGPD | |
DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek | 🇨🇳 China | 🧠 Generalist | 128K | $0.27 $/M | 1340 | ★★★☆☆ | OSSFree | |
Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI | 🇫🇷 France | 🧠 Generalist | 256K | $2.00 $/M | 1335 | ★★★★★ | FreeRGPD | |
Llama 4 Behemoth Meta | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 1M | $3.00 $/M | 1330 | ★★★★☆ | OSSFree | |
Qwen 3 Max Alibaba | 🇨🇳 China | 🧠 Generalist | 256K | $0.78 $/M | 1325 | ★★★☆☆ | OSSFree | |
GLM-5 Zhipu AI | 🇨🇳 China | 🧠 Generalist | 128K | $0.50 $/M | 1310 | ★★★☆☆ | OSSFree | |
Gemini 3 Flash Google | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 1M | $0.50 $/M | 1295 | ★★★★☆ | FreeRGPD | |
GPT-5 mini OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 200K | $0.15 $/M | 1290 | ★★★★☆ | FreeRGPD | |
Llama 4 Scout Meta | 🇺🇸 United States | 🧠 Generalist | 10M | $0.40 $/M | 1290 | ★★★★☆ | OSSFree | |
Yi-Lightning 01.AI | 🇨🇳 China | 🧠 Generalist | 32K | $0.14 $/M | 1287 | ★★☆☆☆ | Free | |
DeepSeek Coder V3 DeepSeek | 🇨🇳 China | 💻 Code | 128K | $0.14 $/M | 1280 | ★★☆☆☆ | OSSFree | |
Codestral Mistral AI | 🇫🇷 France | 💻 Code | 256K | $0.30 $/M | 1240 | ★★★★☆ | OSSFreeRGPD | |
Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI | 🇫🇷 France | 🧠 Generalist | 32K | $0.20 $/M | 1235 | ★★★★★ | OSSFreeRGPD | |
Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI | 🇫🇷 France | 🧠 Generalist | 64K | $0.60 $/M | 1145 | ★★★★★ | OSSFreeRGPD | |
Claude Mythos Preview Anthropic | 🌍 | 🔬 Reasoning | 500K | $20.00 $/M | — | — | ||
DALL-E 3 OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎨 Image generation | 4K | $40.00 $/M | — | ★★★★☆ | RGPD | |
DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek | 🌍 | 🧠 Generalist | 128K | $0.30 $/M | — | — | OSS | |
ElevenLabs v3 ElevenLabs | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎙️ Voice synthesis | 10K | 5.00€/m | — | ★★★★★ | FreeRGPD | |
Falcon 180B TII | 🇦🇪 UAE | 🧠 Generalist | 4K | — | — | ★★★☆☆ | OSSFree | |
FLUX.1 Pro Black Forest Labs | 🇩🇪 Germany | 🎨 Image generation | 4K | $50.00 $/M | — | ★★★☆☆ | FreeRGPD | |
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google | 🌍 | 🎯 Multimodal | 2M | $2.00 $/M | — | — | ||
GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 🌍 | 🧠 Generalist | 1M | $5.00 $/M | — | — | ||
Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 🌍 | 🧠 Generalist | 200K | $0.95 $/M | — | — | OSS | |
Midjourney v7 Midjourney | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎨 Image generation | 4K | 10.00€/m | — | ★★★☆☆ | RGPD | |
OpenAI Voice (Realtime) OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎙️ Voice synthesis | 128K | $100.00 $/M | — | ★★★★☆ | RGPD | |
Runway Gen-4 Runway | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎬 Video generation | 4K | 12.00€/m | — | ★★★☆☆ | FreeRGPD | |
Sora 2 OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 🎬 Video generation | 4K | 20.00€/m | — | ★★★★☆ | RGPD | |
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Stability AI | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🎨 Image generation | 4K | — | — | ★★☆☆☆ | OSSFreeRGPD | |
StarCoder 2 BigCode | 🇪🇺 Europe (collective) | 💻 Code | 16K | — | — | ★☆☆☆☆ | OSSFreeRGPD |
Indicators legend
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French quality: rating out of 5 based on fluency, grammar, and cultural nuances.
🧠
Reasoning depth: ability to chain complex logical steps.
⚡
Perceived speed: feeling of responsiveness in use, combines latency and throughput.
🎨
Creativity: quality of imaginative generation, originality of responses.
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Safety filters level: 1 = very permissive, 5 = very strict (frequent refusals).
★★★
Ratings 1 to 5 stars, ★ = poor, ★★★★★ = excellent. Indicative qualitative assessments.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI model in 2026?▾
It depends on your use case. For reasoning and French writing quality, Claude Opus 4.7 leads. For multimodal and very long context, Gemini 3 Pro. For value, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Mistral Large 3 (European, GDPR). For open-source, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4.
Which AI is GDPR-compliant for a European company?▾
Mistral Large 3 (France-hosted), Mistral Small 3 (open-source, self-hostable), Codestral, and European versions of US models (Claude via Anthropic EU, Gemini via Google Cloud EU). Avoid Grok 4 and most Chinese models for sensitive European data.
Which free AI to use?▾
24 of the 30 models here have a free tier. For daily use: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (claude.ai), GPT-5 (chatgpt.com), Gemini 3 Pro (gemini.google.com). For free self-hosting: DeepSeek V3, Llama 4, Mistral Small 3. Filter by "Free tier" above to see all free models.
What is Arena Elo and how to interpret it?▾
Arena Elo (LMSYS Chatbot Arena) is a score from blind human comparisons between models. Users vote without knowing which model answered. It's one of the most reliable benchmarks because it reflects real human preference. Reference: 1200 = good, 1300 = very good, 1400+ = world-class.
Open-source vs proprietary: which to choose?▾
Open-source if you want: self-hosting, fine-tuning, data control, no vendor lock-in. Proprietary if you want: maximum performance, no infra management, enterprise support. Many organizations use both: proprietary for the frontier, open-source for volume and sensitive data.